Realized I was missing a hook, but adding it hasn't helped. I'm going to paste the code here, since it's short. sites/all/modules/my/my.info ; $Id: name = Test Handler description = Overrides a view handler package = My modules files[] = my.module files[] = my_views.inc files[] = my_handler_field_node.inc version = "7.x-1.0" core = "7.x" php = 5.2 sites/all/modules/my/my.module <?php /** * Implements hook_views_handlers(). */ function my_views_handlers() { return array( 'my_handler_field_node'); } /** * Implements hook_views_api(). */ function my_views_api() { return array( 'api' => 2, ); } sites/all/modules/my/my.views.inc /** * Implements hook_views_data_alter() */ function my_views_data_alter(&$data) { $data['node']['title']['field']['handler'] = 'my_handler_field_node'; return $data; } /** * Implements hook_views_handlers() to register all of the basic handlers * views uses. */ function my_views_handlers() { return array( 'handlers' => array( 'my_handler_field_node' => array( 'parent' => 'views_handler_field_node', ), ), ); } sites/all/modules/my/my_handler_field_node.inc class my_handler_field_node extends views_handler_field { function options_form(&$form, &$form_state) { parent::options_form($form, $form_state); $form['link_to_node'] = array( '#title' => t('Link this field to its node'), '#description' => t('This is different text.'), '#type' => 'checkbox', '#default_value' => !empty($this->options['link_to_node']), ); }